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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare and maintain wild game harvesting vehicle and equipment
   • Clean wild game harvesting vehicle and check hygiene prior to harvesting operation
   • Check and replenish consumables, as required
   • Check and maintain equipment
2. Load, transport and deliver to field depot or wild game meat processing premises
   • Load carcases according to management plan and regulatory requirements
   • Load and transport carcases to avoid contamination
   • Plan delivery times to meet regulatory and company requirements
3. Unload field dressed wild game animal carcase
   • Unload carcases according to management plan and regulatory requirements
   • Unload carcases to minimise contamination
   • Plan and achieve delivery times at field depots or processing plants to meet regulatory and company requirements
4. Clean truck and equipment
   • Clean vehicle to meet regulatory requirements
   • Use cleaning chemicals that meet regulatory requirements in accordance with manufacturer instructions
   • Clean kit and hanging pins in accordance with the management plan
   • Store kit and hanging pins so as to avoid contamination

Range Statement

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Performance Evidence

The candidate must operate a game harvesting vehicle safely and hygienically.

The candidate must:

clean vehicle and equipment to a required standard

maintain the vehicle

operate the vehicle safely

avoid contamination of carcases during loading and unloading

hang carcases according to regulatory and corporate requirements

plan transport to the field depot to meet company and regulatory requirements

complete required paperwork to a satisfactory standard

use communication skills applicable to communicating with depot managers and/or processing company personnel and regulatory representatives

clean and sanitise vehicle

avoid contamination of kit and equipment in storage

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate a factual, technical, procedural and theoretical knowledge of:

regulations covering game harvesting vehicles

supply of required consumables

relevant sections of the Australian Standard

potable water supply requirements

lighting requirements

hanging requirements

importance of air flow

regulations associated with transport, loading and unloading of carcases

causes of contamination during loading, transport and unloading

methods for minimising contamination

time requirements for refrigeration after death and sunrise

regulatory requirements for identification and traceability of carcases

reporting and documentation requirements

hygiene and sanitation during unloading

personal hygiene Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)

work instruction for carcase receival

depot requirements for receival of carcases

workplace health and safety hazards associated with handling carcases

ways of minimising workplace health and safety hazards associated with handling carcases

hygiene and sanitation requirements for game harvesting vehicles

the purpose and uses of particular cleaning and sanitising chemicals

importance of sanitising

suitability of chemicals

workplace health and safety hazards associated with cleaning chemicals

storage requirements for kit and hanging pins

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